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FCRA Amendments: Bharat Strengthens Its Shield Against Opaque Foreign Funding
The Government of Bharat has significantly strengthened the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA) framework through a fresh set of amendments aimed at enhancing transparency, accountability and oversight of foreign...
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Two Standards, One Region: Saudi Enrichment, Iran and Israel’s Nuclear Dilemma
On 19 February 2026, the Trump administration formally notified the U.S. Congress of its intention to pursue a...
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From Odesa to Oman: The Lethal Cost to Neutral Merchant Mariners
The Anatomy of a High-Seas TragedyThe lethal targeting of the bulk carrier MV Golden Leo off Odesa, by...
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Delhi’s New Police Chief: Reading the Strategic Signals in an Age of Hybrid Warfare
Appointments at the highest levels of the national security architecture are rarely routine administrative exercises. More often than...
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Beyond ISRO: An Analysis of India’s First Private Orbital Satellite Launch
The Strategic Arrival
The successful orbital insertion of the Vikram-1 rocket under Mission Aagaman yesterday (18 July 2026),...
Joe Biden’s parting gift to Taliban
In April 2021, the Joe Biden administration announced the withdrawal of all U.S. troops, but then requested a funding increase for Afghan security forces...
Narco-Islamic Terrorists ‘Taliban’ to rule Afghanistan
Normalizing the capture of Afghanistan by the Narco-Islamist terrorist Taliban is an abnormality and an anomaly.Taliban is the face of Islamic terrorism and also...
Taliban is the richly funded face of Islamic terrorism
Taliban is a terror organization. It believes and propagates an extreme form of Islamic radicalism completely opposed to human sensibilities.Their idea of Islam is...
When science and ethics are undermined by avarice and ambition
Thailand and Indonesia's decisions to switch to other vaccines "could potentially puncture the image of success, bursting the bubble of effectiveness of Chinese vaccines,...
Witches’ brew in Afghanistan
Afghanistan is in a mess, it has become a witches brew, a fearsome mixture of untamed sex and brutality I begin with a quote...
Modi Stole Our Hearts
It all started with a phone call.The second last day of a wet July month brought much cheer. Someone very senior at the PMO...





